India

End of LTTE: Will India shut down Rajiv murder case?
what we achieved -Rajiv murder case?

18 years on
India will seek forensic evidence from Sri Lanka to confirm the deaths of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and his intelligence head to finally close the case on the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi 18 years ago.
Prabhakaran and [...]

Will the new Congress fire MPs with Criminal Records?

153 tainted MPs and counting…
At least 153 of the newly-elected MPs in India have criminal cases pending against them, according to a study by civil society groups.
Groups working on electoral reforms say the opposition BJP has the highest number of tainted MPs at 43 while the Congress [...]

Women MPs, MLAs too have criminal records
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Guess what? Kerala, Bihar and Chhattisgarh are the states with the highest percentage of women legislators with criminal records while Assam, Jharkhand and Rajasthan are some of the cleanest, says a study.
On the whole, about 13 percent of women legislators in states and 14 [...]

7 millionaires, four convicts among West Bengal candidates
There are seven millionaires as also 24 candidates with criminal records, four of them convicted, in West Bengal’s first phase of the Lok Sabha polls to be held April 30.
With 134 nominees in the race for 14 of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, the [...]

34 Lok Sabha candidates in Andhra have criminal record: Study
Wed, 08 Apr 2009
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) As many as 34 candidates from various parties in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh have criminal records, according to an analysis made as part of a national campaign by NGOs.
The parties fielding these [...]

Congress has most candidates with criminal records in phase II
Nearly 300 candidates with criminal records from different political parties are fighting the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 23, with the Congress party topping the list with 40, according to a survey.
According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of [...]

CHIRANJEEVI

Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) president Chiranjeevi addresses a meeting in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009.
A star of nearly 150 films, Chiranjeevi is the latest in the long tradition of film star-turned-politicians from southern India. The 53-year-old star of Tollywood – the Telugu language film industry of Andhra Pradesh – has launched a new party, [...]

NITISH KUMAR

Nitish Kumar
Chief minister of Bihar and former minister of transport and agriculture. Heads an alliance of the Janata Dal United party and the BJP, which holds a clear majority in the state. His victory in November 2005 ended 15 years of rule by the charismatic Laloo Prasad Yadav, leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, [...]

CHANDRABABU NAIDU

Chandrababu Naidu
President of the Telegu Desam Party (TDP), a key BJP ally, since 1995. Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to 2004. Seen as one of India’s most dynamic politicians, who helped turn the state capital, Hyderabad, into an information-technology hub.
Believes in what he calls “electronic governance” to cut through the red tape [...]

JAYALALITHA

AIADMK leader Jayaram Jayalalitha Chennai, India,
Leader of Tamil Nadu state’s opposition AIADMK party, and potential kingmaker. Former ally of BJP, but could switch her backing to Congress. Has also shown support for a nascent “third front” of regional and left-wing parties challenging the two main coalitions.
An ex-actress, she was brought into politics in 1982 [...]